Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . a piece of mackintosh shouldbe at hand to cover the moist cloth, so as to retain the or three large towels are also needed. A supply ofwater at boiling heat should be ready for use. If the fomen-tation must be given at some distance from the source ofsupply, a pailful of hot water may be made to retain its heatfor some little time by covering and wrapping it well witha woolen blanket or a piece of carpeting. riethod
Rational hydrotherapy : a manual of the physiological and therapeutic effects of hydriatic procedures, and the technique of their application in the treatment of disease . a piece of mackintosh shouldbe at hand to cover the moist cloth, so as to retain the or three large towels are also needed. A supply ofwater at boiling heat should be ready for use. If the fomen-tation must be given at some distance from the source ofsupply, a pailful of hot water may be made to retain its heatfor some little time by covering and wrapping it well witha woolen blanket or a piece of carpeting. riethod.— The proper application of a fomentation con-sists of the following steps: (i) Preparation of the patient;(2) wringing the flannel out of hot water; (3) renewal of theapplication one or more times; (4) finishing treatment. Theseseveral steps are executed as follows : — I, The patient should lie on a bed or couch, with the partto be treated thoroughly exposed. A little vaseline or cacaobutter should be first rubbed over the surface to be treated,especially when the treatment is to be given daily. Thepatients clothing, and the bed-clothing should be so arranged. THE TECHNIQUE OF HYDROTHERAPY. 793 that it will not be wet, as otherwise he may take cold afterthe treatment. Care must be taken that the extremitiesare warm ; and if there is cerebral congestion, a cold cephaliccompress (1,371) should first be applied. 2. Unless too large, the fomentation cloth is placed in astrong towel, the towel being folded around it so as to leavethe ends free ; the attendant then grasps the towel by theends, dips the whole in the hot water until completely sat-urated and heated to the temperature of the water, thenwrings it over the pail by twisting the ends of the towel andstretching lengthwise (Fig. 175). A convenient method ispartially to unfold the cloth, dip one end into the water, andfold together again in such a way that the dry portion will beon the outside. Then, by wringing, the dry
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